Bridging NSF Science Research, Education, and Innovation

连接 NSF 科学研究、教育和创新

• 批准号: 0737174
• 负责人: Joni Falk
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: TERC Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2008-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737174&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Bridging; NSF; Science; Research; Education

Bridging NSF Science Research and InnovationInternationally, there has been a resounding call for publicly funded science research "to increase its contribution to innovation, economic performance and the fulfillment of social needs" (OECD 2004). In order to do so, there is a need to examine new strategies that will bridge NSF science research efforts, and state and local governments' desire to innovate in order to improve their citizens economic and social well being. This project lays the groundwork for new NSF initiatives that seek to bridge research and innovation more explicitly. The prototype and attendant research that it provides will serve to stimulate dialogue on innovative approaches to highlighting and strengthening NSF's role in innovation. This prototype will serve as a precursor to a fully developed web site should NSF decide to move in this direction. This project addresses the following research questions:1. What Web design structures, themes, resources, and functionalities would enable NSF, and its partners in state government and industry to highlight the "innovation chain" between NSF funded science research and innovation?2. What is the nature (in terms of content and structure) of similar Websites designed by other agencies (e.g. OECD) or other countries (e.g. Canada, Australia, UK) to report on and to highlight the relationship of science research to economic development, quality of life, and educational policy?3. What challenges involving both technical and human infrastructure would need to be addressed to move from such a prototype to a fully supported website that could be maintained, updated, and facilitated over time, and engage a large constituency of NSF PIs, state and local policy makers, and the public at large? The project includes formative research and a needs assessment, development and delivery of a prototype intended to stimulate feedback and suggestions for further development from potential users, a research report based of a comparative analysis of similar efforts within the US, Canada, Australia, and England, and a recommendations report that synthesizes what we have learned and documents issues that would need to be addressed in the future should NSF determine that a full website be developed.

在NSF科学研究和创新方面桥接，人们呼吁公共资助的科学研究“增加其对创新，经济绩效和满足社会需求的贡献”（OECD 2004）。 为此，有必要研究将弥合NSF科学研究工作的新策略，以及国家和地方政府渴望创新以改善其公民经济和社会福祉的愿望。该项目为新的NSF计划奠定了基础，这些计划试图更明确地桥接研究和创新。它提供的原型和随之研究的研究将有助于激发对话的对话，以突出和加强NSF在创新中的作用。如果NSF决定朝这个方向移动，则该原型将作为完全开发的网站的先驱。该项目解决了以下研究问题：1。哪些网络设计结构，主题，资源和功能将使NSF及其在州政府和行业中的合作伙伴强调NSF资助的科学研究与创新之间的“创新链”？2。 其他机构（例如OECD）或其他国家（例如加拿大，澳大利亚，英国）设计的类似网站的性质（就内容和结构而言）是什么，以报告并强调科学研究与经济发展，生活质量和教育政策的关系？3。 需要解决涉及技术和人类基础设施的挑战，以便从这样的原型转变为可以随着时间的推移可以维护，更新和促进的完全支持的网站，并参与NSF PIS，州和地方决策者，州和地方决策者以及公众的大量选区？该项目包括形成性研究以及原型的需求评估，开发和交付，旨在刺激潜在用户的反馈和建议，这是对美国，加拿大，加拿大，澳大利亚和英国类似努力的比较分析的研究报告，并提出一份建议报告，综合了我们在将来需要在整个网站上确定的信息，并在将来需要解决的问题和文档。